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And he said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.” Judges 6:17 When I write, I sometimes used phrases like, God told me to follow him. Now I’ve never heard an audible voice from God, but still, I’ve…
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And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” Judges 6:15 When I was young, but old enough that my peers were tying their own shoes, I stubbornly refused. I was just fine with my…
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And Gideon said to him, “Please, my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us . . .  But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.” Judges 6:13…
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And I said to you, “I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.” But you have not obeyed my voice. Judges 6:10 In wrestling, which I competed in years ago, you’ll often see a referee give a verbal warning to a wrestler for…
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And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the LORD. Judges 6:6 In moving recently, I came across an old notebook which I used for journaling while in treatment back in 2014. I miss my family. . . Shame and guilt . . .…
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Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. Judges 4:9 In my addiction, I abdicated a lot of my responsibilities as a husband and father. It’s not that I wasn’t there. I was present, but in my…
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And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the LORD go out before you?” Judges 4:14 Like most of you, I have an alarm that I set before bed every night to wake me up every morning. If I didn’t…
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Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory . . .” Judges 4:8-9 When life…
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And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out. Judges 3:21-22 In…
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The LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. Judges 3:12 I often write about the painful consequences that stem directly from my self-destructive behavior. This, according to the Bible (Galatians 6:7-8), is the way God made the world to work.…
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